A few years ago, Arizona head coach Adia Barnes was looking forward to the day when she would be bringing in highly ranked recruiting class after highly ranked recruiting class. It’s not like the Wildcats are scraping the bottom of the barrel. They’re bringing in their second straight class with multiple McDonald’s All-Americans. That’s not what interests Barnes as much right now, though, especially when it comes to the transfer portal.
Arizona is not alone
There are 361 Division I women’s basketball teams. Almost 35 percent of them—that’s 125 teams—have at least four players in the transfer portal.